Chapter 392: Distribution of spoils!
The operation of looting Baiyan City lasted for a total of one day and one night. During this day and one night, the eight earls and all the minor nobles participated in it and dug up the entire Baiyan City.
Of course, before the main forces of other families entered the city, all the valuable things had been looted by the nobles of the Jones family.
When people from other families arrived, they could only wait until the water receded and then search for the spoils that had been soaked in the flood for half a day.
Although their spoils were looted, they still needed to be registered and handed over, and then distributed by the king according to their merits in the attack.
The Jones family, however, did not need to hand over the reward to the king. Instead, they only had to hand it over to Alice and then redistribute it.
The next morning, after looting Baiyan City, the petty nobles gathered in the camp. Although everyone had been up all night, none of them went back to rest. Instead, they stood in the camp with shining eyes, watching Alice's subordinates counting the spoils on the mountain of spoils.
After hundreds of people spent the whole morning counting, the spoils looted from Baiyan City were finally counted. It was extremely rich, which was completely contrary to the original imagination that Baiyan City had no money.
Of course, most of this is due to the work of the Thunder Knights.
The Jones family obtained a total of more than 1,300 healthy war horses in White Rock City.
Although there were more than 3,000 war horses in Baiyan City, the defenders of Baiyan City still managed to take away eight or nine hundred horses when they evacuated, while the other war horses were drowned because they could not escape from the stables.
Although Gandalf and his companions tried their best to rescue the horses trapped in the stables, due to limited numbers and time, these more than 1,300 horses were their final gain.
The reason why the little nobles were so excited and didn't go to sleep was not for anything else but for the large number of war horses.
In addition to the war horses, there were also thousands of sets of weapons and equipment, but most of them had been soaked in water or were stripped from the corpses of the defenders.
Among them, there were more than 400 sets of brand new weapons and equipment that Gervis had looted from the stone house.
In addition to the two larger items of spoils mentioned above, the rest were the catapults captured by Gervis, as well as a small number of prisoners and spoiled food.
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"Gevis, it was you who came up with the plan to capture Baiyan City this time, and it was because of you that we got the first credit!"
"In theory, all nine levels of spoils in Baiyan City belong to you alone."
"After all, it will give the Jones family the opportunity to not have to pay tribute. In the next southern expedition, the Jones family and other vassals will definitely gain greater benefits."
"However, if you really take away the spoils of the Ninth Floor this time, especially the war horses, I am afraid that the vassals will definitely have opinions about you."
"So Gervis, I want to ask for your opinion on how to distribute the spoils this time."
“You don’t have to consider the distribution of the Jones family!”
Inside the tent, Gervis was sitting on the small bed practicing his fireball and healing techniques, but Alice came over in person.
Alice was holding a list of spoils in her hand. After Ike informed her, Alice walked straight into the tent.
Alice first looked at Gervis's tent curiously, and found that there was nothing special about it, so she turned her attention to Gervis and began to tell Gervis sincerely about the spoils.
"Shall I distribute it?"
When Gervis heard Alice's straightforward speech, he couldn't help but look up to his cheap wife and said to himself: You really are willing to do that!
After all, the king only said that these spoils did not need to be handed over to him, but Alice still needed to collect them and then redistribute them.
Now Alice let me decide the distribution, which clearly depends on my opinion. I can divide it however I want.
"Alice, can you show me the list of spoils?"
Looking at the sincere look of his cheap wife, Gervis smiled and then reached out to take the list from Alice's hand.
"1,336 war horses! 907 sets of weapons and armor! A total of 130 catapults, 46 of which were soaked in water! 35 prisoners, and more than a dozen carts of other food and sundries soaked in water."
Looking at the list on the list, Gervis smiled happily, but it was very generous.
However, he could not swallow such a large amount of spoils, nor did he intend to keep it all to himself.
Although those petty nobles did not play a crucial role, even if they did not make any contributions, they still worked hard. Just to rescue the war horses, Gervis heard that all the petty nobles and soldiers jumped into the muddy flood, getting up and down, and turned into mud figures.
Even Gandalf, Gervis's cheap father, was the same. Gervis felt that if he swallowed the nine-story warhorse in one breath, not to mention others, his cheap father would be the first to come looking for him.
After reading the list, Gervis saw Alice looking at his reaction with concern, waiting for his next words.
So he deliberately put away his smile and called out to Alice in a slightly serious tone.
“Alice!”
"Well, I'm listening! You speak, Gervis! I will support any decision you make! I will suppress the vassal! No matter how much you get, this time you deserve it!"
Alice felt a little disappointed when she saw Gervis's expression. It seemed that Gervis was ready to take all the spoils for himself.
However, it was reasonable even if Gervis took all the spoils, so Alice's tone was still sincere, expressing that she would absolutely support Gervis.
After all, the subsequent war dividends will allow the entire Jones family and those vassals, big and small, to reap a fortune.
The only thing that might disappoint the vassal nobles was the thousands of war horses. War horses were not like other things and could not be obtained everywhere.
Many small nobles were eagerly looking forward to getting two or three war horses.
"You said it, Alice!"
When Gervis heard the assurance from his cheap wife, he was slightly moved and the sly smile appeared on his face again.
"Yes, Gervis! Hurry up and stop staring at me like that!"
Alice's expression was originally gentle, but now she rarely showed the coldness she had before when facing Gervis.
But now, being looked at by Gervis's strange eyes and seeing that malicious smile, she felt the urge to hit Gervis.
"Then I'll tell you! I want four hundred war horses!"
"I want fifty trebuchets, the ones that haven't been soaked in water!"
"Four hundred sets of weapons and armor! They must not be soaked in water."
"And I'll take all those captives!"
Gervis listed all the spoils he wanted in one breath.
"What?"
Alice didn't react at first and thought she had heard it wrong.
"Gevis, are you serious? This isn't even the fifth floor of loot!"
"Of course it's true! You can divide the rest of the spoils among yourself! The extra ones will be considered as gifts to you!"
Gervis nodded affirmatively.
Four hundred war horses were the limit of what he could carry and raise this time. Carrying too many would not only easily arouse jealousy, but would also be a hassle to take care of. After all, war horses were precious and needed to be carefully raised.
Of course, another point is just as Gervis said, he gave up so many spoils as gifts for his cheap wife.
"Well, thank you! Gervis!"
I got confirmation, and I also heard Gervis say that it was a spare and was a gift to me.
Alice's heart trembled violently, and her sapphire eyes softened.
Alice was worried that Gervis would notice her abnormality, so she thanked Gervis solemnly, then turned around and quickly fled from Gervis' tent.
"This cheap wife is still shy! Haha!"
Alice thought she had hidden her emotions very well, but Gervis was a veteran with insight that did not match her age, and he had already noticed her abnormality.
Watching Alice running away, Gervis felt extremely satisfied. He thought about how he had escaped in a panic a few months ago, but now he had changed.
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When Alice arrived outside Gervis' tent, the eyes of the group of little nobles who had been deliberately hanging around in Gervis' camp lit up instantly. They were nervous and expectant, and everyone was waiting for Alice's result.
"Gervis only wants 400 war horses!"
Alice knew what they were waiting for, so she said lightly.
"Oh! Haha!"
"Thank you, Viscount Gervis!"
"Thank you, Viscount Gervis!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
(End of this chapter)
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